Most clients seeking therapy want to be helped with specific emotional problems with which they are struggling, and yet many therapists are reluctant to offer problem-focused therapy.Efficient Therapy for Specific Client Problems presents the case for such an approach and details how it can be practised efficiently. The book outlines the 26 principles of efficient therapy for specific client problems with clinical examples demonstrating each of the main points. Topics cove...

This practice-focused resource demonstrates effective uses of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy methods and techniques in treating clients across various conditions, settings, and subgroups.Client problems featured include both those often associated with REBT (e.g., anxiety, depression, anger) and others noted for complex presentations, difficulties with engagement, and impasses (e.g., addictions, suicidality, psychosis). Challenging treatment populations are covered as well, incl...

In this book Windy Dryden considers the works of the early pioneers of single-session therapy (SST) spanning from 1975 to 1989 and outlines the contribution they made to present-day single-session therapy.Windy Dryden gives a focused, detailed consideration of the works of Freud, Otto Spoerl, Kenneth Rockwell and Rolffs Pinkerton and Bernard Bloom. This book presents a unique perspective on the founders of SST and the implication of their work on modern-day practice.This bo...

In the third edition of this book, Windy Dryden outlines a way of practising single-session therapy that is primarily informed by client factors, followed by ideas stemming from CBT. Windy Dryden calls this way of working ‘Single-Session Therapy: Informed by Client Factors and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy’ (SST: ICF & CBT).In this thoroughly updated new edition, more emphasis is placed on the single-session therapy mindset as a way of approaching the first session, which may also be...

Reissued with a new foreword by Raymond DiGiuseppe, PhD, ScD, St. John's University"New trainees often get the theory of psychopathology; they struggle to get the case conceptualization and the strategic plan. Then they ask themselves. "What do I do now?" Going from the abstractions to the actions is not always clear.The Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy represents a compilation of years of theoretical and clinical insights distilled in...

By changing and challenging your negative thoughts, you can free yourself from depression, anxiety and guilt, and embrace a happier, healthier way of life. Windy Dryden, one of the UK's leading practitioners of Behavioural Therapy, will show you how the techniques of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy can not only beat the thought patterns that lead to low mood and emotional distress but will also help you to develop a more balanced way of life and give you a resilient, focused attitude to...

Written in a typically practical and straightforward style, this popular book shows how to develop a truly positive outlook. These ten steps outline skills to help people to take control, be flexible, accept reality, develop self-acceptance, accept change and improve relationships. Steps may be followed in order, or taken individually as required.The book has been updated in line with current therapeutic thinking, with particular emphasis on the concepts of resilience and mindfulne...

The Single-Session Therapy Mindset delivers a comprehensive view of the single-session therapy mindset and how it influences practice. In his most important book to date on single-session therapy, Windy Dryden gives a detailed exploration of the 50 elements of the single-session therapy mindset.Each chapter outlines and discusses the conceptual part of a single-session therapy mindset element before discussing its implications for the practice of single-session therapy. Re...

This accessible, well-written book is a must-have for the aspiring MBA applicant. The 2nd edition of MBA Admissions Strategy is an essential guide to the four aspects of a successful, competitive business school application.

This book aims to assist therapists in helping their clients decide if Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is for them and, if so, how to get the most out of the model.It does not seek to equip therapists with the particular REBT skills presented in training courses and skills-oriented books but rather strives to help therapists and their clients to be aware of and deal productively with more general issues that pertain to the effective practice of REBT. Topics covered includ...

Good Practice in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy does exactly what it promises. It helps the Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) therapist to pinpoint areas of good practice enabling them to make progress towards becoming competent practitioners.Instead of focusing on what not to do in practice, this revised second edition instead emphasises what to do. Covering 101 areas of good practice, this thoroughly updated second edition places emphasis on developing and ma...

Understanding Psychological Health draws on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) – which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioural problems and disturbances and enables people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives – to provide an understanding of psychological health.The book looks first at how people can remain psychologically healthy in the face of adversity and then goes on to discuss how these healthy philosophies underpin certain key areas of psychologic...